The curriculum in 1910

Courses with laboratory work

581. General psychololgy. - An outline of modern
psychology, showing the relation of psychological problems
to the physical sciences, the arts, and education. The object of
the course is to make students familiar with the methods of
simple laboratory experiments, as well as with such elementary
processes as sensation and perception, memory, attention, and
association. One hour lecture, two hours laboratory work.

583. Mind and body. - The function of mental processes in
the production of movement; the nature of volition, automatic and
reflex movements; inherited instincts and acquired habits; the
general structure and functions of the human nervous system; the
brain as the center of mental activity. The laboratory work will
include dissection of the brain and experimentation upon
voluntary and reflex movements. One hour lecture, two hours
laboratory work.

584. Genetic psychology. - Development and organization of
the individual mind; sensory after-images; memory images;
cerebration and association; organization of imagination and
memory; the development of ideas, the intellect and reason. One
hour lecture, two hours laboratory work.

589. Character and conduct. - This course considers
problems connected with human behavior; the relation of instincts
to the emotions and the will; the control of attention and the
growth of the personal will. One hour lecture, two hours
laboratory work.

588. Growth and retardation. - An outline of the course of
mental development during infancy, childhood, and adolescence.
Special attention will be given to the conditions which favor
normal development, and those producing arrest or retardation.

590. Evidence. - The uncertainty of human testimony as
revealed by the analysis of perception, memory, and reason; the
role of prejudice and feeling in determining statements of fact;
the distinction between fact and opinion; scientific method; the
nature of proof; the value of theory; the nature and function of
belief.

587. Feeling and appreciation. - The nature of feeling and
emotion, and their relation to other mental processes; the
sensory, intellectual and emotional elements of aesthetic
appreciation. Lectures.

585. Experimental Psychology. - Laboratory courses
presenting the methods and results of the measurement of mental
processes. Students will be divided into sections and assigned
laboratory work in one of the following groups: (a) Visual
Sensation; (b) Visual Perception; (c) Auditory
sensations and perceptions; (d) Cutaneous and kinaesthetic
sensations; (e) Feeling and emotions; (f) Clinical
tetss. Two hours laboratory, one or more terms.

722. Advanced Experimental Psychology. - Laboratory work
on an assigned problem from the following: (a)
Psychophysics; (b) Psychometry; (c) Child
Psychology. One hour seminar and two or more hours laboratory.
May be taken one or more terms.